Quote Originally Posted by Lucifer View Post
I think it should be gear before skill.
Gear checks will make sure people cannot skip through content.
I do think, for that reason, gear should also definitely enter into the equation.

I simply mean that I don't think we should be able to see a well-geared group of noobs steamroll through a boss, especially with the powerleveling problem we have.

Skill and strategy should carry a heavy weight.

But I also don't think that even the best skilled group should be able to go in with no-stat gear and take down a boss, or else we run into what just happened here in this post.

I do somewhat like the idea of gear checks, I just don't want to see it become as crazy as WoW's dungeon finder, that won't let you enter heroics unless your gear score is high enough.

I think there are better ways to keep people from skipping content, like not letting them progress unless they do a chain of dungeons in order, etc.